The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-10-22
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SATURDAY. OCT. 22, 1887.
ABOUT HATS.
HOW CHARACTER is PORTRAYED BY THE
DIFFERENT STYLES.

ot. Edul 0lOpt, lndL man us
position can be read by the style Of
hat he wears and the way he wears
it? Not so with a woman. There
is more diversity of style in women
hats than mans. But a woman
always wears her hat according to
the way she has her hair fixed up.
So that woman's hat can be no
index to female character.
1t is different with men. There
is a close intimacy between the
styles of mems headgear and the
science of phrenology. The hat is
the bump which infallibly denotes
the most prominent trait Of char
acter. When man buys hat he
is governed in the selection by the
peculiar organism of the brain. 1t
doesn't make any difference whether
the particular hat he selects is be-
coming to him or not, he prefers it
because he is built that way. If he
wears an unbecoming hat he is not
responsible for it. A man never
looks in mirror when he tries hat
on. A woman always does.
The tall silk hat denotes financial
ability. Bankers, hotel clerks and
police reporters always wear silk
hats. Rich men do not always
wear silk hats, nor are men who
wear silk hats always rich. Still,
the silk hat is an unerring sign of
capacity for handling finances sue
cessfully, 1t isn't every man who
possesses financial ability that gets
rich, nor is it every man who gets
rich that possesses skill in financier-
ing. Not by jug full. We state
this that the public mind may not
get confused on these points.
The derby hat denotes energy.
A man who wears a derby always
has the appearance of being on the
go. 1t is a ready-for-all-occasions
hat. 1t is at home whether at
church or on the baseball grounds.
The derby is a nobby little cross
between the silk and the SLOUGH.
1t is an accommodating hat. The
clergyman looks well in it, and it
fits the bartender to st." And
all the time il has a pushing 60
aheaditiveness in its appearance
that makes everything side-switch
when the derby passes by.
And then there is the SLOUGH hat.
All, there is the hat of liberty for
you. The SLOUGH hat is the original
old commoner. 1t is the hat for the
masses-democratic in style and re-
publican in its simplicity. There is
nothing that symbolizes pure, I'M
adulterated Americanism so well as
the SLOUGH hat. The SLOUGH hat de-
notes sociability. 1t is the unfail-
ing index of genial temperament. 1t
means that the wearer is a good
fellow that will do to tie to. He
may be a bank president Or he may
be a cowboy, still you can rely on
his being hale companion wherever
you meet him, possessing sturdy in
dependence of character, and al
ways ready to extend helping
hand wherever it is needed.
The man who wears his hat per-
pendicularly, whether it is a tile, q
derby, or a SLOUGH, has the bump
of self-esteem well developed. He
thinks that he is the upper crust of
the pie and is entitled to recogni-
ton. The man who wears his hat
down over the forehead is a thought
full man. He is studious and COM
munes with himself great deal
and sometimes inclined to morose-
ness.
But the man who wears his hat
on the back of his head is the one
who doesn't care whether school
keeps or not. He is independent
and self-reliant, and one day is with
him as another. He takes note Of
neither time nor individuals. He is
usually popular because he is al
ways generous. Sailors, and SOL
diers, and jockeys and baseball
players are not included In this
classification because they always
wear caps.